People · United States
Manikanta Nemani
3×3 blindfolded · top 20.6% of 12,334 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022NEMA05
Manikanta Nemani has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:22.93, set at Tacoma Fall 2026, puts him in the top 20.6% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 424th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since November 2022, he has put 233 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.85 in November 2022 to 16.76, a 16% improvement. Manikanta has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:22.93 | 2:26.94 | top 20.6% | 424 / 2,128 | |
| 2×2 | 4.11 | 5.71 | top 28.0% | 11,214 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 16.76 | 20.80 | top 30.4% | 16,945 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.07 | 11.40 | top 36.8% | 10,594 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 8.65 | 10.34 | top 46.2% | 8,266 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 24:18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 425 / 740 | |
| Clock | 19.01 | 22.66 | top 61.8% | 5,367 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | 56.00 | top 68.7% | 1,439 / 2,059 | |
| 4×4 | 1:55.73 | — | top 79.8% | 14,996 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.43 | 1:36.18 | top 80.4% | 12,068 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 3:42.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,108 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 5:21.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,399 / 9,537 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Please Be Solved UBC 2026.
- 5 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2025.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Spokane Fall 2022. A 19.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tacoma Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Solved UBC 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Summer Scramble UW 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Quiet Seattle November 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Oregon Championship 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo Veterans Day Weekend 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Washington Championship 2023 · 14 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lynnwood Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Spokane Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Ash Black — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adhiyan Kumaresan — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rainier Feiler — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,611 people have one; it is 22.93 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.